Beverly Daniel Tatum on color
Beverly Daniel Tatum7 quotes“Many white people experience themselves as powerless, even in the face of privilege. But the fact is that we all have a sphere of influence, some domain in which we exercise some level of power and control.”
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Heads of warring nations could learn a lot about how to achieve lasting peace by watching dogs and cats who live in the same house.
Blaize ClementBlaize Clement The task for each of us, White and of color, is to identify what our own sphere of influence is (however large or small) and to consider how it might be used to interrupt the cycle of racism.
Beverly Daniel TatumBeverly Daniel Tatum We all get misinformation growing up about people who are different from ourselves.
Beverly Daniel TatumBeverly Daniel Tatum In order to prevent chronic discomfort, Whites may learn not to notice.
Beverly Daniel TatumBeverly Daniel Tatum To say that it is not our fault does not relieve us of responsibility. However, we may not have polluted the air, but we need to take responsibility, along with others, for cleaning it up.
Beverly Daniel TatumBeverly Daniel Tatum The task of resisting our own oppression does not relieve us of the responsibility of acknowledging our complicity in the oppression of others.
Beverly Daniel TatumBeverly Daniel Tatum
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Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the twentieth century. Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people’s minds and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead.
Arundhati RoyArundhati Roy Praised be You, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, producing varied fruits with coloured flowers and herbs.
Francis of AssisiFrancis of Assisi Pink isn’t just a color, it’s an attitude!
Miley CyrusMiley Cyrus Clairvoyants can see flashes of colour, constantly changing, in the aura that surrounds every person: each thought, each feeling, thus translating itself in the astral world, visible to the astral sight.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant We live in a world that is like art painted by the light in so many colors.
Jasmine KangJasmine Kang Life might seem gray at times like this especially the way it has been so far, but there’s a color that never fades, a color that brings hope, the color of light.
Jasmine KangJasmine Kang The heart is like a flowing river of emotions deep as the sea and vast as the heavens bringing color to life.
Jasmine KangJasmine Kang Children aren’t coloring books. You don’t get to fill them with your favorite colors.
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